Drain pan attachment for cooking vessels



Oct. 21, 1952 W. H. LONSKEY, SR

DRAIN PAN ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING VESSELS Filed Nov. 20, 1950 2SHEETS-SHEET l INVENTOR.

WILLIAM H. LONSKEY SR.

KWTO RN EY Oct. 21, 1952 w. H. LONSKEY, SR 4,

DRAIN PAN ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING VESSELS Filed NOV. 20, 1950 2SHEETS-SHEET 2 'INVEN TOR.

vWILLIAM H. LON SKEY SR. BY

Patented Oct. 21, 1952 UNITEDd STATES PATENT OFFICE DRAIN ATTACHMENT FOECOOKING VESSELS William H. Lonskey, Sr., Detroit, Mich.;- William H.Lonskey,"Jr., administrator of saidWilliam h H. Lonskey, Sr. deceased IApplication November 20,1950,Seria1N0.196,602

6 Claims. (01. 99-355) This invention relates to drain pans andparticularly pans attachable to skillets and other cooking vessels fordraining excess grease from foods cooked in such vessels. 1 I An objectof the invention is to adapt a drain pan for attachment to a cookingvessel in a covering relation to such vessel, so that foods occupyingthe pan may be kept amply warm by heat derived from thesupportingvessel.

,Another object is to adapt adrain pan to be freely seated in a coveringrelation to a cooking vessel, and to positively maintain such relationwithout-setting up resistance to lifting the pan from or lowering it toits use position. Another object isto equip a drain pan with elements.suited to retain it in engagement with the rim of a cooking vessel, andfurther adapted to operatively seat the pan on any fiat or moderatelyinclined surface, for use independently of a cooking vessel.

Another object is to provide a drain pan hav-- 1 ing an open end fromwhich grease or the like may discharge, and to adapts, closure plate tobe readily applied, when desired, to such end to prevent escape of foodsoccupying the pan. "Another object is to equip a drain pan, serving as acooking vessel attachment, with a cover to retard the cooling of foodsoccupying such pan, and to afiord said cover an easily releasable hingedconnection to the pan, such as will permit uncovering of the foods,without removing the cover from the pan.

Another object is to adapt said cover for use as a crumb tray or sinkscraper when not needed "as an adjunct to the drain pan.

trated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

, Fig.- 1 ,isa top plan view of my improved drain ,pan' with its coverand end plate removed.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the pan, with the cover and end plateapplied.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the drain pan handle, taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. 2.

-' Fig. 4 is an elevatlonal view taken on the line IL -4 of Fig. 2,showing the outlet end of the drain pan.

Fig. 5 is a radial sectional elevation of the pan, as positioned foruse, taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. -6 is a fragmentary sectional view of the pan, taken on the lineB-6 of Fig. 4.

'2 In these views, the reference character ldeSig' nates an ordinaryskillet or frying pan, havin the usual rigidly projecting radial handle2 and peripheral wall 3. My improved drain pan'is' preferably ofsegmental shape, the chordalledge 4 of its bottom 5 being somewhatshorter than the diameter pertaining to its arcuate marginal wallv 6,whereby the pan forms somewhat less than a semicircle. A handle Iintegral with the wall 6. projects outward from such Wall. along aradius bisecting the edge 4. A pair of lugs 8 pro ject integrallydownward from the bottomj at its juncture with the wall 6, beingequidistant from said bisecting radius, and said lugs .are upwardlynotched at 8a to straddle the skillet wall it. From the ends of the wall6; a pair of ribs'fi project outwardly along the chordal ed 4 of thepan, such ribs extending substantially the full height. of the wall 6and havingrounded lower edges 9a. Said ribs are adapted to seat on thewall 3, coacting with the lugs 8 to afiord the pan a firm support. Apair of headed screws I0 are set permanently in the ribs '9 to removablymount and properly position an elongated plate II, which may serve as aclosure for the chordal or open end of the pan. Thus said plate has itsends 'I la'reduced in vertical extent to overlap the screws 10 and suchends are upwardly notched at l lb to straddle said screws, the screwheads serving to hold the plate in place. When the described panproperly .surmounts askillet, its bottom inclines materiallydownwardtoward its chordal edge, inclining also slightly downward towardthe bisector of the edged. Thus grease or any other liquid'to be drainedflows toward said chordal edgefland also toward its'bisector. It is prefrred to form the bottomwith a number of drain apertures 52 as anadditional'escape for a draining liquid, the apertures being shown asslots enlongated. transversely to the edged. The described pan isequipped with a removable c over t3 corresponding to the, segmentalshape of the pan,ancl having itsarcuate' edge formed with a shallowdepending flange or skirt l3a to seat upon the pan wall it Said cover,whenapplied, is held in place partiallyby the ribs '9, the latter havinga slight upward extent beyond the wall 6 to exercise this function. Mid:way of its arcuate extent, the skirt [3a is inte grally and exteriorlyformed with a pair ofspaced radial hinge-lugs M of circular form andbetween these is formed a substantially cylindrical hinge pin 14a, oflesser diameter than said lugSf'The axis of said pin and lugs lies inthe meeting plane ofthe skirt ita and wall 6, and the'h'andle I of thepan is integrally surmounted by a boss I 5 suited to be straddled by thelugs l4 and having in its top face a semi-circular groove l5a to receivethe pin Ma. Thus the cover is hinged to the pan for assuming either itsclosed or open position shown respectively in full lines and dash linesin Fig. 5, and furthermore is freely removable from the pan. It ispreferred to integrally form the cover I3 and plate H with lugs l5 andI! as handles for these parts.

The described attachment may serve a variety of purposes, the drainingof grease from fried meats, eggs, or vegetables being a primary one.Also it may be applied to pots and pans to drain water from meats andvegetables, which have been boiled in such vessels. The several pointsof support afforded by the lugs 8 and ribs 9 are disposed with the viewof using 'the attachment, when desired, independently of any pot or pan.Thus the attachment may rest upon the drainboard of a sink or in a sink,when serving to drain water from fruits or vegetables after washingthereof.

Another advantage of the particular supports carried by the describedattachment lies in affording an application of the attachment to severaldifferent diameters of cooking vessels. Thus the lateral extent of theribs 9 is sufiicient to allow these to function on at least twodifferent standard diameters of vessels, the notches 8a being large enouh to accommodate both diameters. It will be noted also that the spacingof the lugs 8 is suflicient to accommodate between them the handle 2 ofa skillet or other vessel I, this permitting the handle I of the drainpan to lie directly above said handle 2, so that both handles may begripped if it is desired to shift a vessel carrying the attachment fromone burner to another.

The cover l3 will frequently be useful as a crumb tray or sink scraperand preferably has its chordal edge beveled to adapt it fully to theseadded functions.

What I claim is:

1. A drain pan comprising a bottom of approximately segmental formhaving intersecting inner and outer margins, the outer margin beingsubstantially arcuate, a wall upstanding from said arcuate margin, ahandle projecting from the mid portion of such wall, apair of ribs onthe ends of said wall projecting outwardly from the wall, and a closureplate detachably mounted on said ribs and extending along and above theinner margin and havin clearance from the bottom for drainage purposes.

2. In a drain pan as set forth in claim 1, a pair of headed pins fixedon said ribs, the closure plate having its ends upwardly notched tostraddle the pins, inwardly of their heads.

3. A drain pan for attachment to a cooking vessel, said pan comprising abottom of approximately segmental form having intersectin inner andouter margins, the outer margin being substantially arcuate, a wallupstanding from the arcuate margin, a handle outwardly projecting fromthe mid portion of said wall, a lug downwardly projecting from saidbottom adjacent to the mid portion of the wall, said lug being upwardlynotched to straddle the rim of a cooking vessel, and ribs outwardlyprojecting from the ends of the wall and vertically elongated on suchends to additionally mount the pan on said rim, said ing and ribsimparting to said bottom a downward inclination from its outer to itsinner margin.

4. A drain pan for attachment to a cooking vessel, said pan comprising abottom of approximately segmental form having intersecting inner andouter margins, the outer margin being substantially arcuate, a wallupstanding from the arcuate margin, a handle outwardly projecting fromthe mid portion of said wall, a cover corresponding in shape to saidbottom and proportioned to seat on the wall, and means for hinging thecover to the inner end portion of the handle, such means includingfreely separable elements fixed respectively on the handle and cover,whereby the cover is readily detachable from the pan.

5. A drain pan for selective attachment to circular cooking vessels ofdifferent diameters, comprising an approximately segmental member havingintersecting outer and inner margins, a handle connected to said membersubstantially midway of its outer margin and outwardly projecting fromsaid member, a lug carried by and beneath and downwardly projecting fromsaid member in proximity to said handle and notched to straddle the rimof a cooking vessel, and a pair of ribs outwardly and oppositelyprojecting from said member at the ends of its arcuate margin forfurther seatin the member on said rim, the outward extent of said ribsbeing adequate to adapt the drain pan to cooking vessels materiallydiifering in diameter, said lug and ribs establishing a three-pointseating provision for the pan.

6. A drain pan for attachment to a cooking vessel, said pan comprising abottom of approximately segmental form having intersecting inner andouter margins, the outer margin being substantially arcuate, a wallupstanding from and substantially coextensive with said outer margin, ahandle outwardly projecting from the mid portion of said wall, a coversubstantially correspondin in shape to said bottom and proportioned toseat on said wall, such cover bridging the ends of said wall, and meansfor hinging the cover to the inner end portion of the handle, such meansincluding a pair of spaced lugs downwardly projecting from the cover andstraddling an inner portion of the handle, and a pin permanentlyinterconnecting the lugs, the handle being transversely formed with anupwardly opening groove receiving said pin.

WILLIAM H. LONSKEY, SR.

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